Housing Authority of New Orleans Anniversary Highlights

As the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) celebrates its one year anniversary of returning to local control, we take a look at some of the highlight achievements of the agency in the past year.

As the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) celebrates its one-year anniversary of returning to local control, we take a look at some of its highlight achievements of the past year.

Marais Apartments

Marais Apartments

Opened in September 2014, Marais Apartments ticked off several goals for the city of New Orleans, bolstering its stock of senior and low-income (senior) housing. The $35 million public-private partnership project also marked the return to use of the former Texaco building, a landmark high-rise of downtown New Orleans that had sat empty and blighted for 15 years. Marais Apartments offers one-bedroom and studio apartments to seniors age 62 and older. Marais Apartments is the first off-site housing project within the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, currently revitalizing the historic Iberville and Tremé neighborhoods.

Marrero Commons

Marrero Commons

Located in Uptown New Orleans, Marrero Commons’ $158 million phase one also celebrated its completion in the second half of 2014, adding 410 units to New Orleans’ housing stock. Featuring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom townhomes and garden apartments, Marrero Commons Phase I comprises 250 units, of which 143 are public housing.

Lafitte Senior Building

January 2015 brought the groundbreaking for the new Lafitte Senior building, a 96,000-square-foot addition to the $148 million, 276-unit Fabourg Lafitte housing development in historic Tremé.

Faubourg Lafitte

The $22 million project will feature public and Section 8 voucher assisted housing. Lafitte Senior will offer 89 one-bedroom and 11 two-bedroom units featuring Energy Star appliances. Expected to be complete in mid-2016, Lafitte Senior is being developed by Lafitte Senior LLC, a partnership between Providence Community Housing and Enterprise Community Partners, and is funded by HANO, HUD and FEMA.